A town favorite returns for concert

Saturday

Apr 19, 2014 at 2:00 PM

Staff report

Kennedy's Kitchen makes its annual spring appearance at the Box Factory for the Arts on April 26 at 7:30 pm. joHn Kennedy and his Kitchen band have been making Irish music together since 1998 and this will be their ninth appearance on the Box Factory stage.Tickets are available online with PayPal at boxfactoryforthearts.org or at the door and are $10 general admission; $8 students and seniors; children 12 and under free. Irish ale and wine will be available for purchase at this concert.From their home in South Bend, the band averages about 80 shows per year playing everything from backyard parties and weddings to pubs, concert halls, and national festivals. They have traveled as far as New York City and Naples, Fla., recording five CDs along the way.The band of family and friends gather every Thursday evening for dinner, laughter and music rooted in traditional Irish music, jigs, reels, hornpipes, aires, recitations, stories and more. It's a mix of all things Irish from traditional to pub songs, from toe-tapping to deeply moving. Led by joHn Kennedy, band members include Kennedy's nephews, Liam and Nolan Ladewski; Chris O'Brien, Rob Weber and Jacob Turner. Instruments include fiddle, flutes, whistles, mandolin, bouzouki, guitar, tenor banjo, harmonica, bohdran and bass.For more on this and other Box Factory events, visit the Box online at www.boxfactoryforthearts.org or on Facebook. For more on Kennedy's Kitchen, visit them online at kennedyskitchen.com or on their Facebook page.